Then Zheng Lang smiled.

Zhao Ji asked, "Zheng Gong, why are you laughing?" ”

The older generation of ministers died one after another, and even fewer knew the identities of Feng Gao's five people, but Zhao Shu knew, and Zhao Ji knew that the rules formulated when the spy battalion was established were personally controlled by the emperor in order to keep secrets. Although Zhao Shu doesn't have much affection for Zheng Lang, this country is the country of the Zhao family, not the country of the Zheng family, he occasionally has neuropathy, but he is not a mediocre person, he knows the severity, he knows, and he does not disclose it. Later, these materials were transferred to Zhao Ji.

Including asking Zhou Yuan to go to Weizhou in person, so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Zhao Ji also knew.

Zheng Lang couldn't think about it, and Zhao Ji couldn't think about it either.

Zhao Ji asked, and Zheng Lang replied: "Your Majesty, why do you do this, there are two, the first one is that Wang Shao and Chong Mo don't know the importance, are they such people?" ”

"Probably not." Zhao said.

If so, an edict must be issued immediately to stop the military operation, otherwise it will be defeated.

Zheng Lang said again: "There is only the second one, they have an ingenious arrangement, this arrangement even I can't understand, it shows that their plan is far-reaching, then this battle will be won." ”

"Gong Zheng, you said that Wang Shao is better than you?"

"Your Majesty, don't look down on the ministers, the ministers are a little good at economic and government affairs, and they may not be very good in military affairs, and they have won many big victories before, but I have made good use of the generals and some famous generals, and I plan with them, humbly listen to their opinions, and appoint them with confidence, so I always win more and lose less. Your Majesty, the military of our dynasty seems to be weak, and the weakness is not because the soldiers are not brave, but because of the imperial system, the inner guards and the army often intervene in the command, and the imperial court is forced to control remotely thousands of miles away, although Renzong delegated power to the border generals. But they often use scholars to command. How many scholars are good at military affairs? ”

"It's not a good system."

"Your Majesty. Just know it. In fact, the two ancestors each had their own systems, and Taizu always explained the tasks and precautions before the general left. That was Taizu's military goodness. Therefore, Bashu, Jinghu, Hunan, and Hannan Tang were quickly recovered one by one. Then Taizu fell ill and collapsed, and Taizong ascended the throne and adopted this method. But Taizong was good at internal governance and was slightly weaker in the military. Gradually, the court was remotely controlled. The scholar stepped in, and the supervising army participated in the command. This direction is already wrong. The correct ancestral family law is that the military commander will explain the military objectives when he is leaving, and after the operation, he will quickly withdraw the military general's military power. It can not only ensure that the knowledgeable person will command the battle, but also ensure that the Anshi Rebellion will not happen. However, His Majesty cannot say it, and once it is said publicly, it will cause some controversy. ”

"Sit by?"

"Don't sit idly by, don't say it's feasible, let the results of the action slowly change everyone's thinking."

"I see." Zhao Ji also smiled.

The court doctors didn't know the inside story, and they argued one by one that Wang Shao's practices were inappropriate. Even if it's for revenge. Take in some of the tribes that have defected, even if it is for revenge, send troops moderately. But why attack the reward shift. The reward was lost three times, but then the Western Xia strengthened it and raised it, and it was condescending, coiled on the mountain rock, and could not be blown up with explosives. The military arrangement is wrong. However, you can only argue about right and wrong, you can't interfere, the intelligence comes to the capital, and then from the capital to the front line, it will take ten days to go back and forth, and the fight will be fought early, and everything will be too late.

The offensive and defensive battle of the Reward Movement began.

……

It was overcast, and after a while the snow rolled in.

At this time, the entire Hulu River will often fall with snow, but there is a trace of worry on the face of the old man Birong Wei. He looked into the distance, and beneath the vast expanse of thin ice and snow was mostly withered yellow alfalfa. What they yearn for the most here in Song Realm is these purple treasures.

Alfalfa was previously available in both Song and Xia countries, and very few people deliberately cultivated it, and most Tangut people used it as a wild vegetable for emergency use, or for grazing. Since Shaanxi began to plant on a large scale, there was no benefit in sight at first. Then the popularization began, and the slopes of the mountains in the Song Dynasty were full of alfalfa, and the tribes finally benefited, and there was no need to graze, and the cattle, horses, and sheep had sufficient pasture grass, and they were fattened and strong. There were also people in Western Xia who studied, but they were never successful.

There is an important difference in between.

If the people are allowed to plant spontaneously, most of them will not be successful, and if they are planted by the government, I don't know what it will be like if they are embezzled by various officials. However, if the imperial court allocates a small amount of money, and the government leads the organization and forces the people to plant, using it as an important basis for evaluating the performance of officials, it will be planted quickly.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty was planted in an organized manner, and after planting, grazing was prohibited in many areas, and cattle, horses and sheep could be raised, and even more was encouraged, but captivity, not free-range. Alfalfa has a strong vitality, just like leeks, cutting a stubble and growing a stubble soon after, which is the origin of its becoming the king of pasture. If the alfalfa has not grown after being dispersed, the cattle and sheep will even gnaw off the roots, and the meaning of planting will be lost. The benefits of the two methods of planting are almost more than ten times different. Knowing the benefits, but the Western Xia was a system of ministries and accounts, and the administrative binding force of the government was far less than that of the Song Dynasty, so it could not be implemented well.

When the Song and Xia wars began, the people on the border between the two countries lived very hard. The Song Dynasty was rich, and the people were not very harsh, but the border people still suffered very hard because of the defense and had to bear a high level of errand and military service. However, because of the heavy forced labor, the imperial court was exempted from taxes, and most of the people lived a little better than the people of Western Xia. Zheng Lang entered the Zhongshu, successively laid off a large number of soldiers, as well as military service, and even Cheng Shi Meng Xishang, starting from Wei and Qin Prefectures, vigorously built water conservancy, encouraged the people to grow grain, plus the aquaculture industry brought by the alfalfa planting, not animal husbandry, most of them became aquaculture, and the gap between the people of the two countries is getting bigger and bigger.

This is the reason why many tribes yearn for the Song Dynasty.

Ten days ago, the Song army took the initiative to turn over Douling, a small village like Bizhai with only sixty or seventy households, the Xixia people would not put it in their eyes, and the Song people would not put it in their eyes. However, the Song army took the initiative to attack and broke through various small mountain roads, and the old man of the pen decisively led the people of the whole village to cross the Douling. In order to find the happiness of their dreams, regardless of the big dog Erniu, four families and children in the Linglang army, they rushed to Suizhou and came to the Song Dynasty.

When they really came to the Song Realm, the people of the whole village were a little dazed, did they really get the happiness they dreamed of?

Bi Rong Wei cowered at the door of the tent, surrounded by dense crowds of people who fled to the Song realm, not far away is the tall Pingxia City, and you can see soldiers patrolling the city.

A few flags were desperately cheered by the howling northwest wind. It seems to be about to burst at any moment.

Just when the pen old man was confused in his eyes. A middle-aged man with many soldiers. Open the gates and ride your horse to this direction.

In front of the fleeing people, the middle-aged man said, "Please come out and speak." ”

The old man walked out.

There are a total of 23 villages, and more than 10,000 people have successfully crossed the Douling. Came to the Song Realm.

There are so many villages, and they can't catch up with the Qingning tribe, and the Qingning tribe is very friendly with the Wuyi clan, in the north of the original Wuyi clan. The two tribes are close to each other, there are many marriages, and after the rebellion of the migrants, the Qingning tribe was squeezed out by the Western Xia, with more than 3,000 accounts, nearly 20,000 people, and more than 6,000 strong men. Because it is a little distance from Douling, the tribe is large, and the movement is slow, so Li Kaitai can catch up. Most of the strong men were brutally killed. Therefore, Wang Shao angrily sent troops to reward him.

But who knows the truth?

Wang Shao rode on his horse and shook his head incessantly. Zhang Zhifu is too vicious, learn from Zheng Gong, learn from a ghost! However, Wang Shao also had to admit that Zhang Qi's various "vicious" ideas were quite effective.

Looking at the twenty-three clan chiefs in front of him, Wang Shao said: "You first report the number of households in each village, and distinguish between those with less than five and more than five, and I will have an urgent need for a while." ”

The twenty-three chiefs went down one by one, either panicked and confused, or surprised.

Twenty-three villages, there are big and small, the big ones can reach more than 400 households, the small ones are only more than 30 households, a total of more than 2,400 households, record the number of the report, Wang Shao said: "Say a few things. You are only part of the clan tents that defected to our dynasty, and there are many more clan tents that have contacted our dynasty in advance, because the Western Xia sent a large army to garrison the reward and transfer mouth, and the methods were extremely cruel, and the tribes did not dare to defect to our dynasty. The strength of the Huaide army is limited after all, so 3,500 Ding will be drawn from your villages, and we will cooperate with our dynasty to send troops to reward the transfer, and take the reward transfer, and the north gate will be opened, and more clans will pour into our dynasty together. I believe you can also understand that if there are many people in these ethnic groups who are related to you by marriage, you can't help it. ”

Some said yes, while others remained silent.

Wang Shao didn't explain any more, and he pumped it out, and when he arrived in the Song Realm, what else could he do, and said: "The second is the problem of food and clothing, it is the middle of winter, you left your home in a hurry and came to my realm, lack of food and clothing, so solve this problem first." Just now, I asked you to count the number of households and households, and whether you are rich or poor, I will solve the problem of food and clothing immediately. Households of more than five people are given two beds of thick quilts and quilts, and one bed for each of the following people, so that everyone can keep warm, and then one cotton clothes for one person and one bucket of food. After it is distributed to you, we will talk about settling. ”

After Wang Shao finished speaking, he left, and after a while, the officials and soldiers carried a large number of clothes and quilts and food, came to the front of the various clan tents, and successively distributed quilts and cotton clothes and food.

The first hand alone gives everyone peace of mind.

Whether it is clothing or food, when it comes to Pingxia City, it becomes expensive even if it is not expensive. For this move, the Song Dynasty had to spend at least nearly 10,000 yuan.

Especially food.

The Western Xia was able to establish a state for so long, it was definitely due to luck, many times it was narrowly overthrown by the hands of the Khitan of the Song Dynasty, defeated by the Uighurs, and it happened that the Khitan shot, defeated by the Tubo, the internal division of the Tubo, and the defeat of the Khitan, just happened to spread the succession of Yelu Hongji, the faint lord, defeated by the Song Dynasty, and the rise of the Jin people.

In order to support the existence of the state, the Western Xia also attached importance to agriculture, such as growing wheat, barley, buckwheat, millet, barley, japonica rice, glutinous dao, rice rice, beans, peas, black beans, long beans, hemp, and barnyard grass. As long as it can grow to fill people's stomachs, the people are encouraged to plant.

But under the dethronement of the poor soldiers, the people often can't eat enough, resulting in the Xixia people to fill their hunger with wild vegetables, all kinds of wild vegetable names, spring food bean vine, Pengzi, summer food Cistanche seedlings, small turnip, autumn food mat chicken, rehmannia leaves, Dengxiang grass, winter food storage shallots, wild leeks, frost resistance, gray stripes, white artemisia, pine nuts, not the Xixia people like to eat wild vegetables, the reason why the study is so deep, is for the year! If the people of the Song Dynasty could live to such a point, it is estimated that when Zhao Zhen was alive, he would not even be in the mood to drink soup.

Especially this year, there are only five major events that can be recorded in the history of Western Xia, and the Song canonized Li Bingchang as the lord of the country; Table Song Fu Fu Fu ceremony; Song Xu Suizhou changed Tumen and Zhubao and Liang thought that the Song Dynasty was easy to bully and did not intersect with Zhubao, but wanted to exchange small for big Suizhou, which led to the destruction of relations between the two countries; The Song Dynasty officially became the city of Suizhou. The fifth thing is that Western Xia is a year of famine!

In this year, the drought in the Song Dynasty spread to the entire north, including Shaanxi and Western Xia, and the Song Dynasty also had grain replenishment in the south of the Yangtze River. Where did Western Xia transport grain for disaster relief?

Almost the majority of the population lived a life of no morning and no night.

The front food was distributed. Smoke rose from the back. Families are cooking in pots.

Wang Shao and Cai Ting walked out of the city again, looked at these people with yellow faces and thin muscles, like wolves and tigers eating, and said, "Cai Zhizhou, go on like this." I'm afraid a bucket of rice won't be enough for them to eat for five days. ”

"Wang Zhijun, let's stop here, don't accept the rebels and defect to the people anymore. If you receive it, look at next year. Jingshui has built a lot of water conservancy, if Chenguang is better, Weizhou itself has enough food, can save money, now collect, and settle them like this, the cost is too great. ”

"I know, it's not like you don't know about it."

"Why don't you really write a memora to explain to the imperial court?"

"Cai Zhizhou, don't write, the more you explain, the more troublesome it is. I'm afraid that even Zheng Gong will not agree, after all, the methods are too cruel. ”

"Was it your idea? Or is it the idea of a plant? ”

"Not my idea. It is not the idea of the seed, but the idea of Zhang Zhifu. ”

Cai Ting also smiled helplessly and said, "That's it, call them over again and talk about the resettlement." ”

He also gathered more than 20 clan chiefs and introduced them to such a big thing, it was impossible without Cai Ting's consent, so Cai Ting told them about the resettlement, which is also the top priority that these Fan and Qiang households and a few Han households are most concerned about.

Suddenly, they imagined that they would start from Pingxia City along the smokeless Qianxia Gorge and arrange it to Tiansheng Village, or start along Huluchuan, and go south from Pingxia City to Lingping Village, Gaoping Village, and Zhenrong Village. After Cai Ting finished speaking, more than two dozen people were a little stunned.

Since Zheng Lang punished the rebellion of the Jinmingzhai tribes, all the tribes that surrendered or were forcibly captured were arranged to the rear together, the difference is that the tribes who took the initiative to surrender will not be dispersed, and the tribes that have been forcibly captured, or the hostile tribes will scatter them. But they will not be placed on the front line, so as not to be succeeded by the Tangut people's counter-plot.

Seeing everyone's astonishment, Cai Ting said: "If you come to defect, our Great Song will believe you." ”

One by one is still at a loss, has the Song Dynasty changed its mind? Of course, the nearby arrangement, the water and soil adaptation, and the smoke before the gorge and the Huluchuan water and grass are abundant, can be cultivated and pastured, it is a good place of first class, one by one to leave satisfied.

Cai Ting looked at their backs and said, "Although your idea is a little cloudy, the workaround is very similar to Zheng Gong. ”

After Wang Shao explained the reasons for these arrangements, Cai Ting also agreed.

The next day, the little official and some generals in the army took their respective tribes down to settle down. The cost is very high, even if they have been preparing since autumn, they have prepared grain and grass, including a lot of pasture, and in order to survive this winter, they have to send a lot of grain from the rear one after another.

The Northern Campaign began.

Zhang Kai led 5,000 Song troops and 3,500 temporarily recruited strong men of all ethnic groups, and set off towards Xiangyikou. Out of Xiao Pass, Zhang Ji called Liu Changzuo and carefully ordered a few words. Liu Changzuo was dissatisfied.

Zhang Qi said in a low voice: "Are we really avenging the Qingning clan? ”

"yes, I don't understand."

"This is a model, including those villages that have come to our court, in order to arrange them, the court may waste at least more than 20,000 yuan, but they must be arranged well and set an example. But if there is more, the court will not be able to take out so much money. As an example, they could not be too far away from the enemy's territory, so they were arranged in Huluchuan and Wuyanqian Gorge. However, if you don't get it right, it's self-defeating, so let them smoke some strong men and ......"

"I see, but this, this...... It's kind of cruel. ”

"It's not cruel, it has a longer intention, maybe you'll know in a few years," Zhang said. Wang Shao did not reveal Zhao Shanjin's true identity, but said that it was possible that the spy battalion was plotting against this person, so that Chong Ge and Zhang Qi would not be revealed, and before that, Zhao Shanjin could not be too embarrassed. Then the three of them deliberated on a series of plans. How can Zhao Shanjin not be embarrassed, and to achieve military goals, but also so that these tribes will not be bewitched by the Tangut people again, so there is a military operation to attack the Guanyikou.

Eight thousand five hundred soldiers, more materials needed, and three thousand people behind, the soldiers were very fast, Liu Changzuo led three thousand horses out of Xiao Pass, including two thousand selected strong men of various ethnic groups, each of whom had horses. Called for by the vanguard army. Use speed to get started. Open mountains and split roads and build bridges. The Qiang soldiers didn't care. The Western Xia did not have many troops at the Reward Transfer, and it was okay to slaughter the unsuspecting Qingning tribe, but against the powerful Song Dynasty army, they might not have the courage to go out and fight head-on. Moreover, there were more than 5,000 troops in the rear. Walk in the back and keep up closely.

Crossing the Xiaoguan Gorge with dangerous terrain, not far away is another natural danger, the Mill Navel Pass. On both sides are towering mountains. It is difficult for apes and birds to cross, and the cliffs of several high mountains in the middle are steep, like a protruding milling navel, and the gourd river goes down from the south, squeezing out a river valley and flowing to the north. Because of the terrain here, after Zheng Lang left Jingyuan Road, there were a series of battles, and both sides wanted to set up checkpoints here, but they were all destroyed by the other party.

Later it was seen that it was unsuccessful. The guards of the two sides tacitly set up a post across the Hulu River. When the vigilance acts.

In the middle of winter, even the pontoon bridge was omitted, and Liu Changzuo took 3,000 soldiers to cross the Hulu River on the ice, and the horn of the guard sounded on the enemy post opposite.

Liu Changzuo said: "Let's camp here." ”

Everyone is excited, without him, if you go further, it is time to reward the mouth, the main army has not kept up, and everyone does not have much confidence. Especially the soldiers of all ethnic groups who defected.

got off the war horse together and prepared to set up camp, and Liu Changzuo sent scouts to the front to investigate. Not long after the scout left, he rode back and said breathlessly: "General Liu, the enemy has come out of the pass and pounced on our army. ”

"Get on the horse and get ready for battle." Liu Changzuo shouted.

One by one, they dropped their baggage and put it on again, and it was only a moment of effort, the Western Xia army rushed over, watching a group of people and horses rushing out of the canyon, Liu Changzuo shouted: "Up." ”

did not retreat, but advanced, and led 3,000 soldiers to meet it instead.

In the blink of an eye, Liu Changzuo was the first to rush in front of the enemy, and the big gun in his hand stabbed fiercely, piercing the enemy's armor and piercing deep into the person's chest. Liu Changzuo picked this person off the war horse with a hard blow, and regardless of whether this person was alive or alive, he rushed towards the second person.

The Qiang people behind heard the shrill sound of the gun piercing into the armor.

His bravery drove the enthusiasm of his soldiers.

The two armies quickly scuffled together.

However, these miscellaneous armies have not been integrated, and perhaps their individual combat effectiveness is still very strong, but they lack cooperation, and they do not have any decent weapons and armor, and in less than an hour, they gradually appear to be defeated. Liu Changzuo shouted: "Withdraw." ”

Hearing him shout to retreat, almost all of them fled.

The Tangut people did not let them go, and continued to chase behind, Liu Changzuo and his men escaped from the Hulu River again, and fled in the direction of Xiaoguan.

Zhang Qi was shocked when he heard this, the defeated army was like a mountain, although his subordinates were well-trained, and the imperial court sent some veterans to teach them to teach them to serve the court and be loyal to the emperor and the Great Song Dynasty, but the actual combat experience was also not much.

Once Liu Changzuo is allowed to cover up and disrupt the formation, even the Chinese army and the people in the rear will be defeated, and the sacrifice will be immeasurable. After thinking about it, he sent Brother Da Yao and Brother Xiao Yao to rush forward with a thousand fine horsemen to support.

The Yao and Yao Lin brothers met the fleeing Song army an hour later.

They took the initiative to make way for the defeated army to flee from the east to the rear, but the two brothers took the initiative to kill them from the west with a thousand elite soldiers.

In fact, the six generals sent by Zheng Lang this time are all good generals, not only wise, but also brave. The two armies fought together again.

Seeing that the Yao brothers were resisting in front, Liu Changzuo ordered the defeated army to stop and flee, and some of the newly requisitioned children of the various clans still fled back, but some soldiers stopped. Liu Changzuo hurriedly reorganized and killed again.

The two sides fought fiercely.

After a while, the main force of the Song Dynasty gradually approached, and the Western Xia was overwhelmed and sounded the horn.

In the first battle between the two sides, the Western Xia won a great victory, killing all the way here, almost killing half of Liu Changzuo's men. But how do you look at it, although the Song army sacrificed a lot, most of them were newly defected children, Liu Changzuo brought 2,000 newcomers, and only a small centaur could escape safely. The losses of the Song army themselves were not heavy. And because the sons and daughters were killed, the hatred between these tribes and the Western Xia was even deeper, and it was not easy for the Western Xia to turn against each other in the future. But to be honest, the Song army lost the battle.

In a fit of rage, he allocated 4,000 soldiers and horses from Shengqiang Village and Tongyuan Village to support.

More than 10,000 people rushed towards the Xiangyikou.

The Xia soldiers were overjoyed, but after hearing the news, Li Kaitai hurriedly requisitioned troops from other places and then organized the city defense.

It's not too afraid, although the reward transfer mouth has been lost three times, it is a special case. Normally. It is not easy to break through with 10,000 Song troops. It itself is built on a steep slope. It is more than 100 meters away from the valley below, and occupies the position of descending from above. In addition, the castle is now taller and stronger than it was before.

Soon the Song army arrived.

Li Kaitai didn't care, and calmly ordered the soldiers to move all kinds of defensive equipment, rolling logs and stones to the city.

What he didn't expect was that Song Junyi didn't attack the problem immediately. Second, instead of encamping, there were many strange weapons placed at the lower end of the valley slope.

After a while, a huge muffled sound erupted from those things, and one by one the spherical things flashed and flew to the juncture. Or the bombing of Kannai. Regarding the cover of the wall, the power of the artillery could not be fully exerted, but the momentum was overwhelming, from time to time there were Western Xia soldiers who were hit by cannonballs, and some let the momentum be brought to the air, and the Western Xia generals finally changed color one by one.

Li Kaitai summoned all the generals, but there were few troops in the pass, and there was a lack of sharp weapons. Once the reward is lost. The door is open, and the Lingbei tribes are suffering from drought. When they are hungry, they will all defect to the Song Dynasty. No one dares to bear this consequence. Besides, it's not more than three, and the reward has been lost three times, and if it is lost again, it is also impossible to explain.

Sister Le Yi said: "General Kaitai, it's better to be like this, the Song army came from afar, with sharp weapons, to intimidate our army, but can we surprise again?" ”

"How?"

"Take the initiative to open the gate, pounce down the hill, and grab those weapons. If we get those weapons and use them to guard the gates, even if we have fewer people, it will be enough. Maybe it will be able to break it later, and the success of research and development will be a great contribution. ”

"General Meile, don't despise the Song army, although it is two literati leading the troops, that kind of man cannot be underestimated."

"General Kaitai, the cultivator is only a military general, the literati are in charge of the army, what right can the cultivator have, you come from the Song Dynasty, you don't understand the rules of the Song Dynasty."

"No."

At first glance, it is good to hear that Meile Yiyuan's suggestion is good, and the Meile clan is also one of the great clans of Western Xia, and the right to speak is no less than that of Li Kaitai. And in everyone's hearts, the impression of Li Kaitai is not very good, and other generals have echoed it.

Li Kaitai was forced by them, so he had no choice but to say: "General Meile, since you said that you succeeded, I would have given you 1,500 men and horses, but you must make a military order." ”

"Okay."

Mei Le Yi made a military order, led 1,500 men and horses to quickly open the gate, and rushed down. However, the Song army was not in a hurry, the artillery in front was still bombing, and a group of men and horses flashed out behind, holding a divine arm bow, shooting in detachments.

Before they could reach the bottom of the slope, a third of the men and horses fell. Later, the Song army divided several groups of cavalry from the rear and met them from the gap between the bow and crossbow teams and the artillery team. After a lot of bombing and shooting, Meile's men were frightened, and they were attacked by the cavalry again, and they fled towards the pass one by one. Almost under the cover, even the reward was lost. Six or seven hundred soldiers were lost, and they were honest one by one, and they didn't dare to take the initiative again. But Li Kaitai was furious, and beheaded his sister Le Yi according to the military order, and ordered the military to be reinstated.

Then appease the army and garrison the city defense.

The two sides fought fiercely for three or four days, and each time the reward was shaken, but every time they persevered. Both sides had their own sacrifices, but compared with the Song army, the Western Xia army as the defender suffered more heavy sacrifices this time. Some weapons have changed the gap between offense and defense.

couldn't stand it anymore, and Li Kaitai had to ask for help like Tiandu.

The reward can no longer be lost, and Tiandu Mountain has no choice but to send 3,000 troops to come to reward the transfer. This time, Li Kaitai's heart settled down. But the Song Dynasty launched another poisonous trick. The Western Xia attacked Suizhou and took away a lot of troops, and the Tiandu Mountain side also had to be defended, resulting in a weak force in the area around the Zhijiang Society, and there was also a way to gather the strong men of all ethnic groups. Guan Jian's harvest in Western Xia was very bad this year, the people lacked food and clothing, and the same was true for the country. Together, at least they must be supplied with food and grass, but will it cost enough? As a result, the troops in other areas of Lingbei are even weaker.

So the Song army sent 2,000 horsemen to sneak to Lingbei from the trail, not burning or robbing, but carrying all kinds of arsenic and croton and other vicious things, as if they didn't want money, dumped into the wells of various villages.

Although it is mostly mountainous here, it is not easy to find water sources, and it is not easy to dig wells, but the cost of digging wells is not worth the cost of arsenic? Do you really want money? Ask for money, ask for a lot of money.

But this is an extraordinary moment, the previous tribes have defected, God knows what the rest of the people in the villages think? It's the middle of winter again, and the soil is hard. This down, the entire Lingbei people panicked. Originally, Li Kaitai used bloody means to deter the clans, but the clans began to have the idea of defecting again. At least you have to use water, you can't boil snow water every day to quench your thirst.

Song Jun's move is too bad.

In desperation, Tiandu Mountain divided 5,000 elite soldiers and re-established outposts to strictly prevent the Song army from infiltrating from various trails. Even more hard, he had to find water sources for the people again, and led the people to dig wells again despite the harsh winter.

The two armies were at a stalemate.

The time has come for a seeming stalemate.

When the night came, Zhang Ji summoned the generals and said to Liu Changzuo: "I'll leave it to you here, remember a few, you have to feint, you can't really attack." Defend tightly, defend the enemy will attack at night. After three days, you will send all the men back, and you will be ordered to evacuate immediately, including all the baggage tents, and burn them so as not to slow them down. ”

"Well, but, it's not ......"

"But what?"

"Judge Zhang, let me go back too."

"No, who are you facing, Li Kaitai, a famous general in Western Xia, if you are not careful, these nearly 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers and horses will be lost here."

Liu Changzuo grimaced.

Zhang Qi didn't care about his feelings, and said in his heart, this kid is really good, he has the demeanor of a general, and his qualifications are no less than those of a seed. But he first let Liu Changzuo deliberately fail, and then threw Liu Changzuo here to contain him, what Liu Changzuo thought in his heart, Zhang Qi didn't care, it was Wang Shao's business to appease, what does it have to do with me. But in the future, how can I be missing? With this thought, he hurriedly returned to Xiao Guan with Xiao Yao. (To be continued.) )